War, Race, And Gender In American Presidential Elections In 1964 And 1972,
2010
Claremont McKenna College
War, Race, And Gender In American Presidential Elections In 1964 And 1972, Baxter Norcross
CMC Senior Theses
This paper examines the partisan shift that took place in American Presidential elections during the Vietnam War. Specifically, I examine the landslide elections of 1964 and 1972 and how race, gender, and American casualties played a part in the shift.
Othering Obama : How Whiteness Is Used To Undermine Authority,
2010
University of Louisville
Othering Obama : How Whiteness Is Used To Undermine Authority, David S. Owen
Faculty and Staff Scholarship
In this paper, I argue that the sociocultural structuring property of whiteness has been utilized to marginalize President Obama and effectively undermine his presidential authority. Whiteness functions in a largely invisible and ostensibly deracialized way to normalize the interests, needs, and values of whites, while at the same time marginalizing and devaluing the voice of people of color. Analyzing the health care debate through this theoretical lens generates insights into how the debate reproduced the system of racial oppression, and how whiteness functions in political discourse.
